Plant DNA & Micron Patterns: DLA Gets High-Tech Vs. Counterfeiters

Plant DNA & Micron Patterns: DLA Gets High-Tech Vs. Counterfeiters
Plant DNA & Micron Patterns: DLA Gets High-Tech Vs. Counterfeiters

“There’re a lot of chiselers out there,” Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek sighed. Congressional angst over counterfeit parts has understandably focused on ersatz electronics, many of them from much-mistrusted China, but as head of the Defense Logistics Agency, Harnitchek has found fakes in everything from air filters to rubber tubing. “There’re folks that counterfeit those, believe it or…

From Afghan Sell-Off To Pacific Build-Up: The Strategy Of Logistics

From Afghan Sell-Off To Pacific Build-Up: The Strategy Of Logistics
From Afghan Sell-Off To Pacific Build-Up: The Strategy Of Logistics

WASHINGTON: Some 45 football fields and gear worth $5 billion. That’s how much excess inventory and storage room the Defense Logistics Agency has sold or destroyed since the height of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it’s not finished. DLA’s first sale of surplus equipment to local businesses in Afghanistan is scheduled for next…